Mel Brooks Mel Brooks was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1926 as Melvin Kaminsky to Jewish parents from Germany and Ukraine. When Brooks was 2 years old, his father died; in retrospect, Brooks ...
Fifty years ago, The Times’ Charles Champlin spoke to Mel Brooks for the opening of his feature directing debut, “The Producers,” starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. In 2001, it would be ...
Sadly, Garr died this past October. Mel Brooks wrote in his memoir than Gene ... Audiences for the last 50 years have agreed. People Have Been Left Divided After A Film CEO Revealed That $18 ...
Following Gene Hackman's death at age 95, Mel Brooks reminisced about working with him on the Oscar-nominated 1974 comedy ...
US actor and writer Mel Brooks has said he thought there was “no reason” to make his 1967 hit film The Producers into a ...